Council pushes for permanent sheriff’s presence on Beale
Memphis City Council Members JB Smiley Jr. and Martavius Jones (right) confer during a Dec. 6, 2022, meeting. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The resolution by council chairman Martavius Jones and council vice chairman JB Smiley Jr. asking the Memphis Police Department to ask Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner for the permanent cooperation was approved by the council on a 10-0 vote.
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